During the 2014-15 academic year, the Southern Connecticut Conference will be naming a Player of the Year and Coach of the Year in each of its 28 sponsored sports.

Many thanks to league corporate sponsor Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists and its affiliate OrthoNOW for sponsoring the awards. The Player and Coach of the Year honorees are selected by the respective sport’s head coaches at the conclusion of the regular season.

Three student athletes – Jack Cunningham (Cheshire), Kelly Nizolek (Daniel Hand) and Gabrielle Lamberti (East Haven) – are the recipients of the 2015 SCC “Comeback Player of the Year” awards. All three students suffered severe injuries, yet were able to overcome them to become outstanding role models in their respective schools.

A corporate sponsor of the Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC), ConnecticutOrthopaedic Specialists P.C. (COS) has offered a Comeback Player of the Year Scholarship forstudent-athletes who participated in an interscholastic sport during the2014-2015 academic year, and showed great leadership both on and off the field after their severeinjury.